Cambridge graduate Carol Vorderman will be joining sporting icons, a Gogglebox star and former EastEnders actor Down Under in the celebrity jungle.

The 55-year-old read engineering at Sidney Sussex College, and will be hoping her experience of formal dinners sets her in good stead for the creepy crawlies served up on I’m A Celebrity… get Me Out Of Here!

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Hopefully the former Countdown star, who graduated with a third-class Cambridge degree, will get to show off her amazing maths skills in the jungle on one of the many tasks she'll be doing to win food for camp.

It's thought the former 'rear of the year' winner has been offered a six-figure sum to take part and see her as the "brains" of the camp, as well as drawing in male viewers with her "sex appeal".

Carol Vorderman celebrating her daughter Katie's graduation with a master's in Science from Cambridge University in June 2015 (Image: @CarolVorders)

Last year she returned to Cambridge for the graduation of her daughter Katie, saying she “could not be prouder of my special girl”.

In May she was also a guest at a special dinner at Gonville and Caius College, to mark Professor Stephen Hawking’s 50th anniversary as a fellow.

She turned heads at the dinner in a stunning white gown, tweeting several pictures from inside the prestigious event.

Carol Vorderman at the party for Stephen Hawking at Gonville and Caius College in May 2015 (Image: @CarolVorders)

Sidney Sussex College is no stranger to reality TV success, with former student Andrew Smyth making it to the final of this year's Great British Bake Off.

The full line up for the long-running ITV reality show was announced today.